Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[Deleted member 3518]

DWZ/Allen for mine are panic buys that don’t greatly improve our spine. Would rather wait till better becomes available or work with cheap youth

I’d take DWZ for a wing spot or centre . Especially if it’s for around 400k.

 

[851]

***Why Wests Tigers are furious with Fittler and NSW Blue***s

By Michael Chammas
November 1, 2020 — 7.45pm

NSW coach Brad Fittler put a few noses out of joint at the Wests Tigers this week following his comments that he was "disillusioned" that the Tigers could not find a spot for a young Ryan Papenhuyzen at the club.

It's the second time in a few months Fittler has had a crack at the Tigers, criticising the club for having "an identity crisis" and questioning whether they would "become anyone of real strength" on Wide World of Sports' Freddy and the Eighth in August.

Safe to say it didn't go down well with Tigers chairman Lee Hagipantelis, who is the owner of Brydens Lawyers - the major sponsor of Freddy's Blues.

Hagipantelis has asked club officials to reach out to Fittler to find out if he has a problem with the club. The Tigers haven't had a player represent NSW in the past three years under Fittler, who overlooked Dally M winger of the year David Nofoaluma.

Going by the talk out of rugby league circles, it's not the only thing that Hagipantelis has to be upset about. This column understands the Blues major sponsor hasn't heard from NSWRL chief executive Dave Trodden since March, prior to the COVID interruption. Trodden is under a bit of pressure, with an email doing the rounds of several clubs questioning his leadership.

Trodden's name was mentioned as a potential replacement for Todd Greenberg as NRL chief executive earlier in the year, but there are very few people at head office who have good things to say about the NSW boss.

***Foxx having second thoughts***

There's been another twist in the contract saga of Josh Addo-Carr, with the Storm winger indicating he is happy to remain at Melbourne next year should the club not be provided a suitable replacement.

Addo-Carr had signed a heads of agreement with the Wests Tigers that he would link with the joint venture in 2021 should he be released by the Storm. However Melbourne's premiership triumph may have triggered a potential change of heart.

About time someone from the club spoke up, rather convenient our sponsor also sponsors the blues. Freddy might be a little uncomfortable now, and I hope the hell he is, idiot keeps taking pot shots at the club, people in glass houses Freddy old mate

 

[BAGNF05]

***Why Wests Tigers are furious with Fittler and NSW Blue***s

By Michael Chammas
November 1, 2020 — 7.45pm

NSW coach Brad Fittler put a few noses out of joint at the Wests Tigers this week following his comments that he was "disillusioned" that the Tigers could not find a spot for a young Ryan Papenhuyzen at the club.

It's the second time in a few months Fittler has had a crack at the Tigers, criticising the club for having "an identity crisis" and questioning whether they would "become anyone of real strength" on Wide World of Sports' Freddy and the Eighth in August.

Safe to say it didn't go down well with Tigers chairman Lee Hagipantelis, who is the owner of Brydens Lawyers - the major sponsor of Freddy's Blues.

Hagipantelis has asked club officials to reach out to Fittler to find out if he has a problem with the club. The Tigers haven't had a player represent NSW in the past three years under Fittler, who overlooked Dally M winger of the year David Nofoaluma.

Going by the talk out of rugby league circles, it's not the only thing that Hagipantelis has to be upset about. This column understands the Blues major sponsor hasn't heard from NSWRL chief executive Dave Trodden since March, prior to the COVID interruption. Trodden is under a bit of pressure, with an email doing the rounds of several clubs questioning his leadership.

Trodden's name was mentioned as a potential replacement for Todd Greenberg as NRL chief executive earlier in the year, but there are very few people at head office who have good things to say about the NSW boss.

***Foxx having second thoughts***

There's been another twist in the contract saga of Josh Addo-Carr, with the Storm winger indicating he is happy to remain at Melbourne next year should the club not be provided a suitable replacement.

Addo-Carr had signed a heads of agreement with the Wests Tigers that he would link with the joint venture in 2021 should he be released by the Storm. However Melbourne's premiership triumph may have triggered a potential change of heart.

Good on you Lee. You’re putting your hard earned into the sport and have every right to challenge the biased brigade the NRL has become. That’s the kind of strong leadership WT fans want.

 

[tony soprano]

DWZ/Allen for mine are panic buys that don’t greatly improve our spine. Would rather wait till better becomes available or work with cheap youth

We need speed

 

[gallagher]

***Why Wests Tigers are furious with Fittler and NSW Blue***s

By Michael Chammas
November 1, 2020 — 7.45pm

NSW coach Brad Fittler put a few noses out of joint at the Wests Tigers this week following his comments that he was "disillusioned" that the Tigers could not find a spot for a young Ryan Papenhuyzen at the club.

It's the second time in a few months Fittler has had a crack at the Tigers, criticising the club for having "an identity crisis" and questioning whether they would "become anyone of real strength" on Wide World of Sports' Freddy and the Eighth in August.

Safe to say it didn't go down well with Tigers chairman Lee Hagipantelis, who is the owner of Brydens Lawyers - the major sponsor of Freddy's Blues.

Hagipantelis has asked club officials to reach out to Fittler to find out if he has a problem with the club. The Tigers haven't had a player represent NSW in the past three years under Fittler, who overlooked Dally M winger of the year David Nofoaluma.

Going by the talk out of rugby league circles, it's not the only thing that Hagipantelis has to be upset about. This column understands the Blues major sponsor hasn't heard from NSWRL chief executive Dave Trodden since March, prior to the COVID interruption. Trodden is under a bit of pressure, with an email doing the rounds of several clubs questioning his leadership.

Trodden's name was mentioned as a potential replacement for Todd Greenberg as NRL chief executive earlier in the year, but there are very few people at head office who have good things to say about the NSW boss.

***Foxx having second thoughts***

There's been another twist in the contract saga of Josh Addo-Carr, with the Storm winger indicating he is happy to remain at Melbourne next year should the club not be provided a suitable replacement.

Addo-Carr had signed a heads of agreement with the Wests Tigers that he would link with the joint venture in 2021 should he be released by the Storm. However Melbourne's premiership triumph may have triggered a potential change of heart.

Good on you Lee. You’re putting your hard earned into the sport and have every right to challenge the biased brigade the NRL has become. That’s the kind of strong leadership WT fans want.

Challenge what exactly?

 

[tiga4eva]

***Why Wests Tigers are furious with Fittler and NSW Blue***s

By Michael Chammas
November 1, 2020 — 7.45pm

NSW coach Brad Fittler put a few noses out of joint at the Wests Tigers this week following his comments that he was "disillusioned" that the Tigers could not find a spot for a young Ryan Papenhuyzen at the club.

It's the second time in a few months Fittler has had a crack at the Tigers, criticising the club for having "an identity crisis" and questioning whether they would "become anyone of real strength" on Wide World of Sports' Freddy and the Eighth in August.

Safe to say it didn't go down well with Tigers chairman Lee Hagipantelis, who is the owner of Brydens Lawyers - the major sponsor of Freddy's Blues.

Hagipantelis has asked club officials to reach out to Fittler to find out if he has a problem with the club. The Tigers haven't had a player represent NSW in the past three years under Fittler, who overlooked Dally M winger of the year David Nofoaluma.

Going by the talk out of rugby league circles, it's not the only thing that Hagipantelis has to be upset about. This column understands the Blues major sponsor hasn't heard from NSWRL chief executive Dave Trodden since March, prior to the COVID interruption. Trodden is under a bit of pressure, with an email doing the rounds of several clubs questioning his leadership.

Trodden's name was mentioned as a potential replacement for Todd Greenberg as NRL chief executive earlier in the year, but there are very few people at head office who have good things to say about the NSW boss.

***Foxx having second thoughts***

There's been another twist in the contract saga of Josh Addo-Carr, with the Storm winger indicating he is happy to remain at Melbourne next year should the club not be provided a suitable replacement.

Addo-Carr had signed a heads of agreement with the Wests Tigers that he would link with the joint venture in 2021 should he be released by the Storm. However Melbourne's premiership triumph may have triggered a potential change of heart.

Good on you Lee. You’re putting your hard earned into the sport and have every right to challenge the biased brigade the NRL has become. That’s the kind of strong leadership WT fans want.

Challenge what exactly?

I think in regards to the media belittling us.

 

[momo_amp_medo]

***Why Wests Tigers are furious with Fittler and NSW Blue***s

By Michael Chammas
November 1, 2020 — 7.45pm

NSW coach Brad Fittler put a few noses out of joint at the Wests Tigers this week following his comments that he was "disillusioned" that the Tigers could not find a spot for a young Ryan Papenhuyzen at the club.

It's the second time in a few months Fittler has had a crack at the Tigers, criticising the club for having "an identity crisis" and questioning whether they would "become anyone of real strength" on Wide World of Sports' Freddy and the Eighth in August.

Safe to say it didn't go down well with Tigers chairman Lee Hagipantelis, who is the owner of Brydens Lawyers - the major sponsor of Freddy's Blues.

Hagipantelis has asked club officials to reach out to Fittler to find out if he has a problem with the club. The Tigers haven't had a player represent NSW in the past three years under Fittler, who overlooked Dally M winger of the year David Nofoaluma.

Going by the talk out of rugby league circles, it's not the only thing that Hagipantelis has to be upset about. This column understands the Blues major sponsor hasn't heard from NSWRL chief executive Dave Trodden since March, prior to the COVID interruption. Trodden is under a bit of pressure, with an email doing the rounds of several clubs questioning his leadership.

Trodden's name was mentioned as a potential replacement for Todd Greenberg as NRL chief executive earlier in the year, but there are very few people at head office who have good things to say about the NSW boss.

***Foxx having second thoughts***

There's been another twist in the contract saga of Josh Addo-Carr, with the Storm winger indicating he is happy to remain at Melbourne next year should the club not be provided a suitable replacement.

Addo-Carr had signed a heads of agreement with the Wests Tigers that he would link with the joint venture in 2021 should he be released by the Storm. However Melbourne's premiership triumph may have triggered a potential change of heart.

Good on you Lee. You’re putting your hard earned into the sport and have every right to challenge the biased brigade the NRL has become. That’s the kind of strong leadership WT fans want.

Challenge what exactly?

Daaaaaaah!

:weary:

 

[jirskyr]

Let’s say the JAC plan goes South, I’d be happy if we went hard for Dale Finucane and Bevan French. Can that be plan B?

Bevan French? With all due respect, yuk!

54 tries in 71 games at Parra and Wigan, genuine pace. He’s not JAC but he ticks some boxes.

Ticks a box for being a fair-dinkum liability. He can score tries but he lets in more.

French scored 19 tries in 2 seasons with Wigan - 9.5 per season. Pat Richards scored 176 tries in 9 seasons in Europe (8 with Wigan, 1 with Catalans) - 19.5 per season. Tells you the gap between the two footballers.

 

[jirskyr]

Geez i like the way Melbourne recruit - Jarome Hughes is apparently only on 350k a season and off contract at end of next year. He is looking at getting a bigger contract and if Melbourne don't offer what he wants he is a good chance to move on. So what do Melbourne do - they sign a rookie half from the Knights system who everyone says is a gun footballer and will definitely be NRL ready in a year or two. We are starting to move in the same direction but Melbourne make these decisions a year or 2 out from when they need to replace to give the player time to become accustomed with their system.

Melbourne are better at targeting "signings for the future" than any other club.That is what we need to emulate and i feel Madge is going in that direction.Time will tell but i am optimistic and it has to be a better approach than the "stop gap" signings we have been trying for the last 7-8 years

They're not just better at targeting future signings, better at coaching them too.

 

[jirskyr]

Nofoaluma has never been in Marshall’s class

DOWNVOTE! - I can only downvote you 3 times in a day and I would rather remember Benji at his best than to point out all of his negative points in a pointless argument with you.

It's a nomstarter. Marshall is one of our greats, Nofoaluma a club player. That's what happens when you lose perspective.

LOL 2020 begs to differ mate . If youre saying at thier peak , yea it’s daylight, but let’s keep it real

Let's keep it real, Marshall , daylight and who cares after that.

Man seriously , I get it , he drudges up heaps of nostalgia and memories and feelings of certain times , but the dude sucked this year . Many of us feel that the f he wasn’t in The team we would have gone a lot better . Does that change how much of a legend he is and how skilful the bloke is . Clearly not , considering his stats . But mate it’s 2020 , the game has moved to a point where you can’t carry turn styles for 80 mins . It’s literally how the dogs stayed in a lot of thier games with zero skill in the team .

You cannot rewrite history. Marshall is close to our best ever. Farah is there with him as well.

It is not even close, Benji is our best ever player, Robbie second daylight 3rd and then Hodgo, Ellis and Prince. I'll add a young Chris Lawrance in with the other final 3 as well.

Chris Lawrence is a real tough story. One of my favourite WTs. Great pace, great centre and wonderful human being.

My favourite ever player!

I hope the COE is named after Chris Lawrence.

There are different parts of the COE that could be named after various players or club partners.

For example we could have the gym named after Chris, the changeroom after Benji and the boardroom after Robbie.

Cleary should get a mention
The Male toilets urinal could be named after him
At least they would get plenty of use

I thought they were just going to transfer the "Glenn Morrison" moniker over from the LO toilets?

 

[jirskyr]

About time someone from the club spoke up, rather convenient our sponsor also sponsors the blues. Freddy might be a little uncomfortable now, and I hope the hell he is, idiot keeps taking pot shots at the club, people in glass houses Freddy old mate

I'm gonna guess that Freddy probably doesn't give a toss. Getting sponsors for NSW Origin isn't like getting sponsors for Cronulla or Bulldogs, they are lining up.

 

[BAGNF05]

Let’s say the JAC plan goes South, I’d be happy if we went hard for Dale Finucane and Bevan French. Can that be plan B?

Bevan French? With all due respect, yuk!

54 tries in 71 games at Parra and Wigan, genuine pace. He’s not JAC but he ticks some boxes.

Ticks a box for being a fair-dinkum liability. He can score tries but he lets in more.

French scored 19 tries in 2 seasons with Wigan - 9.5 per season. Pat Richards scored 176 tries in 9 seasons in Europe (8 with Wigan, 1 with Catalans) - 19.5 per season. Tells you the gap between the two footballers.

24 games is hardly 2 seasons. Actually he has bit better strike rate than Pat (tries per game), but clearly Pat was better.

 

[jirskyr]

Let’s say the JAC plan goes South, I’d be happy if we went hard for Dale Finucane and Bevan French. Can that be plan B?

Bevan French? With all due respect, yuk!

54 tries in 71 games at Parra and Wigan, genuine pace. He’s not JAC but he ticks some boxes.

Ticks a box for being a fair-dinkum liability. He can score tries but he lets in more.

French scored 19 tries in 2 seasons with Wigan - 9.5 per season. Pat Richards scored 176 tries in 9 seasons in Europe (8 with Wigan, 1 with Catalans) - 19.5 per season. Tells you the gap between the two footballers.

24 games is hardly 2 seasons. Actually he has bit better strike rate than Pat (tries per game), but clearly Pat was better.

On that we agree.

 

[BAGNF05]

About time someone from the club spoke up, rather convenient our sponsor also sponsors the blues. Freddy might be a little uncomfortable now, and I hope the hell he is, idiot keeps taking pot shots at the club, people in glass houses Freddy old mate

I'm gonna guess that Freddy probably doesn't give a toss. Getting sponsors for NSW Origin isn't like getting sponsors for Cronulla or Bulldogs, they are lining up.

I think some of us fans just want to see some fight in the club, parra took our players then refused to release one back to us, I don’t have to go over all the other times we’ve been treated like a door mat, it’s refreshing to see the club say “don’t push us around”, I hope they keep challenging it.

 

[the_third]

At last some engagement with the media.

 

[gallagher]

***Why Wests Tigers are furious with Fittler and NSW Blue***s

By Michael Chammas
November 1, 2020 — 7.45pm

NSW coach Brad Fittler put a few noses out of joint at the Wests Tigers this week following his comments that he was "disillusioned" that the Tigers could not find a spot for a young Ryan Papenhuyzen at the club.

It's the second time in a few months Fittler has had a crack at the Tigers, criticising the club for having "an identity crisis" and questioning whether they would "become anyone of real strength" on Wide World of Sports' Freddy and the Eighth in August.

Safe to say it didn't go down well with Tigers chairman Lee Hagipantelis, who is the owner of Brydens Lawyers - the major sponsor of Freddy's Blues.

Hagipantelis has asked club officials to reach out to Fittler to find out if he has a problem with the club. The Tigers haven't had a player represent NSW in the past three years under Fittler, who overlooked Dally M winger of the year David Nofoaluma.

Going by the talk out of rugby league circles, it's not the only thing that Hagipantelis has to be upset about. This column understands the Blues major sponsor hasn't heard from NSWRL chief executive Dave Trodden since March, prior to the COVID interruption. Trodden is under a bit of pressure, with an email doing the rounds of several clubs questioning his leadership.

Trodden's name was mentioned as a potential replacement for Todd Greenberg as NRL chief executive earlier in the year, but there are very few people at head office who have good things to say about the NSW boss.

***Foxx having second thoughts***

There's been another twist in the contract saga of Josh Addo-Carr, with the Storm winger indicating he is happy to remain at Melbourne next year should the club not be provided a suitable replacement.

Addo-Carr had signed a heads of agreement with the Wests Tigers that he would link with the joint venture in 2021 should he be released by the Storm. However Melbourne's premiership triumph may have triggered a potential change of heart.

Good on you Lee. You’re putting your hard earned into the sport and have every right to challenge the biased brigade the NRL has become. That’s the kind of strong leadership WT fans want.

Challenge what exactly?

I think in regards to the media belittling us.

I wonder why the do that. Very weak if that's our big issue, it feels like reflecting to me.

 

[Spud_Murphy]

I'd hope they are annoyed.
We need to start sticking up for ourselves and not get pushed around

Bloody oath!

 

[balmain boy]

Allen is like a much crappier version of Doueihi. Absolutely not needed.

And DWZ is also not needed given the limited roster spots we have available. Even at 200k, the most you'd offer, we just don't have the roster positions, and dogs won't chip in 600k either.

 

[jirskyr]

About time someone from the club spoke up, rather convenient our sponsor also sponsors the blues. Freddy might be a little uncomfortable now, and I hope the hell he is, idiot keeps taking pot shots at the club, people in glass houses Freddy old mate

I'm gonna guess that Freddy probably doesn't give a toss. Getting sponsors for NSW Origin isn't like getting sponsors for Cronulla or Bulldogs, they are lining up.

I think some of us fans just want to see some fight in the club, parra took our players then refused to release one back to us, I don’t have to go over all the other times we’ve been treated like a door mat, it’s refreshing to see the club say “don’t push us around”, I hope they keep challenging it.

There are counter-arguments.

One argument is that, in engaging with Fittler via media, Tigers have now confirmed that his comments are causing drama (aka "hitting the mark"). So Fittler is, in many ways, incentivised to dig at the Tigers again, because he's in the media and it will generate content.

Second argument is that posturing in the media is next to pointless. IIRC Tigers postured about Ryan Matterson's release as well, to basically no effect.

I'm glad you are heartened to hear Tigers are upset and they've got Lee to have some words, but that is about as effective as "having a chat with the referee's boss". Fittler isn't beholden to the Tigers, nor does he have any authority or influence over what Tigers do as an organisation.

It's the off-field activity that matters - the club's decisions and match results - not the exchange of words between an organisation and a media pundit.

To be clear however, I'm not against Tigers speaking out in the media, I just don't think it has any more weight than the original comments from Freddy. Fine, he thinks Tigers made a mistake; being frank we did make a mistake, but it was a complicated situation and ultimately it was the player's decision not the club's. It was quite a while ago now; Tigers really need to have moved on and not be suckered back into public debate by paid-for-comment morons.

 

[BAGNF05]

About time someone from the club spoke up, rather convenient our sponsor also sponsors the blues. Freddy might be a little uncomfortable now, and I hope the hell he is, idiot keeps taking pot shots at the club, people in glass houses Freddy old mate

I'm gonna guess that Freddy probably doesn't give a toss. Getting sponsors for NSW Origin isn't like getting sponsors for Cronulla or Bulldogs, they are lining up.

I think some of us fans just want to see some fight in the club, parra took our players then refused to release one back to us, I don’t have to go over all the other times we’ve been treated like a door mat, it’s refreshing to see the club say “don’t push us around”, I hope they keep challenging it.

There are counter-arguments.

One argument is that, in engaging with Fittler via media, Tigers have now confirmed that his comments are causing drama (aka "hitting the mark"). So Fittler is, in many ways, incentivised to dig at the Tigers again, because he's in the media and it will generate content.

Second argument is that posturing in the media is next to pointless. IIRC Tigers postured about Ryan Matterson's release as well, to basically no effect.

I'm glad you are heartened to hear Tigers are upset and they've got Lee to have some words, but that is about as effective as "having a chat with the referee's boss". Fittler isn't beholden to the Tigers, nor does he have any authority or influence over what Tigers do as an organisation.

It's the off-field activity that matters - the club's decisions and match results - not the exchange of words between an organisation and a media pundit.

To be clear however, I'm not against Tigers speaking out in the media, I just don't think it has any more weight than the original comments from Freddy. Fine, he thinks Tigers made a mistake; being frank we did make a mistake, but it was a complicated situation and ultimately it was the player's decision not the club's. It was quite a while ago now; Tigers really need to have moved on and not be suckered back into public debate by paid-for-comment morons.

If it was all just factual reports I’d agree to leave it alone but it’s relentless to the point of bullying. I was taught you gotta stick up for yourself when you’re being treated unfairly.

Where’s the story about Manly and Gutho? Sharks and Addo-Carr? Bulldogs and Finucane? Dragons and Cook, and so on and so forth. There is an agenda against WT which is damaging the brand and it needs to be addressed.